Center for Visual Cultures Mellon Workshop
Virtual War and Magical Death
Event Details
Date
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Time
12 p.m.
Location
313 University Club
Description
Anthropologist Neil Whitehead explores how sorcery and hi-tech warfare (drones, night-vision, remote sensing) are comparable for the way in which they use analogous modes of mediated perception and operate in visually hidden ways. *Advanced registration and readings required.* Part of "Visualities Beyond Ocularcentrism: Understanding Sense Perception and Experience Before and in the Wake of the Virtual and the Digital," sponsored by The Center for the Humanities and the Mellon Foundation.
Cost
Free
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